Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman.
Oman Med J
; 35(5): e180, 2020 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Q fever endocarditis is the most common presentation of chronic infection of Coxiella burnetii, but it rarely occurs in the pediatric age group. We report the first case of Q fever endocarditis in an Omani child. The affected 11-year-old female lives in the Al Batinah governorate in the north of Oman and was known to have congenital heart disease. She presented with features of chronic blood culture-negative endocarditis. The C. burnetii infection was confirmed with the indirect immunofluorescence assay. The patient responded well to a combination of doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine therapy.
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01-internacional
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Oman Med J
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2020
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Omán